Nick Cannon has admitted that the health problems he has suffered recently were more serious than he let on.
The America's Got Talent host was rushed to hospital last year for what was reported to be a serious kidney issue, however he later played it down as "exhaustion".
He was then hospitalised again for treatment of blood clots in his lung and an enlarged ventricle on the right side of his heart.
Speaking on his 92.3 NOW radio show, he said: "It was quite serious. I was trying to downplay it a lot, even in my own mind. [I'm] doing extremely well right now [though].
"I travel a lot. Anyone who flies a lot can be a victim to getting blood clots because it can start in your legs or your lower back [from sitting for an extended period of time]. That, on top of my previous condition made me more prone to [them]."
Continuing to say that he's been over-working himself, he said: "My doctor was saying that my work is going to kill me - and he's not joking. I think part of the reason why my health did kind of deteriorate was because I wasn't resting a lot and I was doing too much. I was overworking myself, working out too much.
"I always took a lot of pride in working so hard and never taking a day off. But I'm learning that it isn't the wisest thing all the time, especially being a new father. Not only wanting to spend more time with my children, but wanting to be there for my children."
He is father to a set of twins with wife Mariah Carey.
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